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"Bargain Basement" was also used figuratively to describe the purchase of professional footballers from clubs in lower divisions by richer clubs for a low fee. In more recent years, both terms have taken on a figurative meaning – most notably as a synonym for 'low-quality' or 'unimpressive'.
The first clear evidence of eh's usage in Canada was in 1836, through the writings of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Nova-Scotian district judge and comical writer. [2] Eh was first recognized as being a marker of being Canadian in 1959 by Harold B. Allen; he stated that eh is "so exclusively a Canadian feature that immigration officials use it as an identifying clue. [4]"
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Unimpressive, come to think of it, is the word for 'A Lady Without Passport.'" [4] Variety praised the film: "Beginning is a bit too cryptic for quick understanding, but when plotline [adapted by Cyril Hume from a suggested story by Lawrence Taylor] does take shape, the story builds and holds attention.
Bieber reported a 27% success rate from long-term therapy, but only 18% of the patients in whom Bieber considered the treatment successful had been exclusively homosexual to begin with, while 50% had been bisexual. In Haldeman's view, this makes even Bieber's unimpressive claims of success misleading. [53]
Swan thought the game mechanics were "adequate but unimpressive", but was impressed by the plethora of background material. Swan concluded by giving the game a rating of 2.5 out of 4, saying, "Doctor Who loyalists are likely to enjoy it, but players who've never heard of the Doctor will probably wonder what the fuss is all about." [4]
However, most members of this genus are small, unimpressive brown mushrooms. Their humble appearance contributes to their not being readily distinguishable to non-specialists, and they are therefore seldom collected by mushroom hunters. Several of the species are known to grow in the characteristic fairy ring pattern. Marasmius rotula